Celebrating our Sister Angie
We couldn't be more thrilled to celebrate our Sister Angie's incredible achievement in receiving a smallbusiness grant – all thanks to Visa Player of the Match! The public vote awarded Steph Catley the VisaPlayer of the Match trophy for her amazing first game of the...
Meet Joanne, The Backyard Garden Enthusiast
Joanne Diver is from the NSW regional town of Albury and founded the Backyard Garden Enthusiast in 2018. As a micro seed farmer growing Australian native flowers and grasses, Joanne has built her business around the joy of noticing the smaller things in life and...
Meet Tasmyn, Awhi Company
Tasmyn Roach, from Ōtorohanga New Zealand, is the founder of Awhi Company. With both Māori and Pākehā heritage, Tasmyn's business is about wrapping babies in their culture from birth. Awhi Company was born from her love of making baby blankets for close friends....
Meet Tamarin, The Better Tea Co.
Tamarin Howse, from Whangaparaoa, New Zealand, founded The Better Tea Co. in 2020. When she worked in a stressful corporate banking job, Tamarin and her colleagues would have a cup of tea together, joking that they were ‘anxietea’ sessions. She was later diagnosed...
Meet Celeste, Miluny
Celeste Iannotta is a proud Darug woman living on Wiradjuri land and founded Miluny in 2019. Based in her home town of Albury-Wodonga, NSW, she creates earth-based natural skincare products using native Australian ingredients. Running her own business gives her...
Meet Alies, FRIKA activewear
Alies Bol founded Frika Activewear in 2021 and lives in Sydney. Her family is originally from Sudan and moved to Australia when she was 14. Alies started her African-inspired leisurewear business after finding it difficult to buy clothes featuring the colourful prints...
Meet our Sister Catie, Clovendoe Distilling Co.
Catie Fry founded Clovendoe Distilling Co. in 2020 and is based on the Gold Coast, on Jellurgal Country in Queensland. Clovendoe is Australia’s first female founded, owned and operated no- and low-alcohol distillery. Using her distilling skills, nutrition...
Meet our Sister Yoko, Cooking with Koji
Founder of Cooking with Koji, Yoko Nakazawa is passionate about Japanese traditional culture and fermentation. With a keen interest in fermentation culture globally, Yoko brings deep expertise in traditional Japanese fermentation and preserving techniques, such as...
Fixing finance for women in micro business
This International Women’s Day we’ve been placing a spotlight on some of the issues faced by women in business, and in a women’s quest for financial independence, in order to listen to her, and inform others. Today, we focus attention to finance for women. At Global...
Terms & Conditions – Win a LAPTOP Competition
Complete our Victorian Sister Survey – Win a Laptop COMPETITION Global Sisters – Terms & Conditions Part 1 1. TERMS: These terms and conditions comprise Part 1 which sets out important information about the promotion and Part 2 which sets out details of the...
Celebrating our Global Sisters Marketplace
In November 2020 we launched the first online marketplace dedicated to women-led micro businesses & social enterprises. The aim was to provide a fast, efficient & affordable solution to selling online, alongside the complete suite of wrap around...
A Global Lift for Women on International Women’s Day
What could be better than a determined and business savvy woman with an intense passion for lifting up the women and communities around her? The answer to this question is always, well, two determined and passionate women of course. It is no secret amongst the most...
Global Sisters Reaches Milestone of Supporting 5000+ Australian Women-led Micro Businesses!
Global Sisters is proud to announce that we have reached a milestone of investing in the economic future of over 5000 women across Australia. We are celebrating this milestone as each of these women represent a new business, a new job created or a new pathway to...
Global Sisters celebrates International Women’s Day by choosing to challenge economic inequality
Challenging inequality for women is a complex problem requiring a multi-layered and multi-faceted approach – but achieving economic equality might be the crucial first step. In the lead-up to International Women’s Day 2021 – taking place this year on Monday 8 March –...
The business sector powering our economy, that you may never have heard of.
Guess what? One of the biggest drivers of employment and economic activity in Australia is almost never discussed, barely supported and I doubt if most Australians even know what it is. I’m talking about micro business: businesses employing between zero and four...
Six good reasons why the Global Sisters Marketplace is the best place to buy your Christmas gifts online
If you haven’t already heard the good news, the Global Sisters Marketplace is now live, just in time to solve your Christmas shopping dilemmas! The launch of Australia’s first marketplace dedicated to supporting Australian women achieve financial independence is the...
Responding to the Pink Recession
We know that women in Australia have always been more financially vulnerable than men. They are paid less (20.8% less), are twice as likely to work part-time, they have 22% less in superannuation at retirement, and are more likely to be in casual work or be dependent...
Australia’s first marketplace dedicated to women’s financial independence is about to launch
In an Australian first, and just in time to help businesses through the coronavirus pandemic, Global Sisters has created an online marketplace that’s dedicated to helping women achieve financial independence. And right now, we’re looking for female entrepreneurs to...